2022 DFCM External Award Winners

Congratulations to all our 2022 Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) external award winners! At this year's virtual Awards & Celebration Event on Sept. 20, we will recognize and honour your contributions to your patients, communities and our department.

These awards relate to the period June 2021 – June 2022.

100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women

Dr. Onye Nnorom | Scarborough Health Network

Academic Family Physician of the Year

Dr. Sid Feldman | North York General Hospital

Associated Medical Services (AMS) Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Osnat Melamed | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Bernard Fogel Award for Students in Family and Community Medicine

Dr. Gill Kazevman

Best 3x3 Presentation at Richard Reznick Wilson Centre Research Day

Ms. Jenny Cho
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni | Sunnybrook Health Sciences

Best What Works Paper at International Conference on Residency Education

BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Excellence in Teaching

Mr. Kevin Zhang | DFCM Physician Assistant Program | UHN

BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: PA Role Model

Ms. Dee Naidu | Sunnybrook Health Sciences

BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Preceptor Award

Dr. David Ng | Markham Stouffville Hospital

BScPA Annual Faculty and Student Awards: Rising Star

Ms. Sara Pytka-Jones | Main East Medical Associates, Hamilton

CAEP Richard Kohn Memorial Award for Mentorship in Emergency Medicine

Dr. Meeta Patel | North York General Hospital

Canada Graduate Scholarships

Dr. Azza Eissa | Upstream Lab, St. Michael’s Hospital – PGY2

Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner 2021

Dr. Nicole Woods | UHN – Toronto General Hospital

Canadian Association of Medical Education Certificate of Merit

Dr. Sarah Wright | Michael Garron Hospital

Canadian Family Physician’s Best Original Research Award

Dr. Dominik Nowak | Office-Based Physician

Canadian Medical Association Award for Political Advocacy 2022

Dr. Meb Rashid | Women’s College Hospital

Canadian Cancer Society Inclusive Excellence Prize 2021

Dr. Aisha Lofters | Women’s College Hospital

CFOC Award of Excellence

Dr. Ali Damji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital

CFPC Awards of Excellence

CFPC Canadian Family Physician Best Original Research Article Award 2021

Dr. Anita Srivastava | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Hospital

CFPC Lifetime Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research 2021

Dr. Richard Glazier | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Council Award

Dr. Ramona Mahtani | Mount Sinai Hospital

Deans Alumni Award: Humanitarian Award 2022

Dr. Meb Rashid | Women’s College Hospital

Dr. Anna Jarvis Award for Postgraduate Teaching Excellence

Dr. Carly Ng | Mount Sinai Hospital

Dr. Harrison Waddington Fellowship in Family and Community Medicine 2021-22

Dr. Aisha Husain | Markham Stouffville Hospital

Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Dr. Linda M. Rapson | UHN – Toronto Western Hospital

Educating Sunnybrook Award 2022

Dr. Sarah Torabi | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Family Medicine Education Award

Dr. Helen Batty | Women’s College Hospital

Family Medicine National Education Administrators (FMNEA) Award of Excellence

Ms. Elicia Bryant | DFCM Central

Family Medicine Resident Scholarship

Dr. Vivian Tam | Mount Sinai Hospital

Helen P. Batty Award for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development, Innovation in Program Development and Design

Dr. Risa Bordman | North York General Hospital

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Most Influential Women in Health IT Award 2022

Dr. Tania Tajirian | CAMH

Honorary Lifetime Member Award from CAEP

Dr. Howard Ovens | Mount Sinai Hospital

MD Program Teaching Awards for Excellence 2020-21

96 DFCM faculty members, including 11 family medicine residents
(view our news article & more information about the list)

Dr. Sadaf Arbab-Tafti | North York General Hospital
Dr. Pradeepan Arulchelvam | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Anjali Bhayana | University Health Network
Dr. Sophie Bourgeois | University Health Network
Dr. Ashna Bowry | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Health Centre
Dr. Robert Boyko | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Leigh Caplan | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Blair Cappel | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Alice Hoi Yan Chan | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Charissa Chen | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Elaine Cheng | Sinai Health System
Dr. Jessica A. Chin | Scarborough Health Network (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Jane Chow | Sinai Health System
Dr. Lori Coman-Wood | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Ali Damji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Melissa De Souza | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jonathan Ding | North York General Hospital
Dr. Annie Doan | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Anson Dong | Sinai Health System (PGY3 Resident)
Dr. Jennifer M. Everson | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Cary Fan | University Health Network
Dr. Sarah Fleming | University Health Network
Dr. Amy Forbes | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. Hedieh Molla Ghanbari | Sinai Health System
Dr. Christopher Gilchrist | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Barrett Grattan | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Jessie (Tej-Jaskirat) Grewal | North York General Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Charlie Guiang | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Lindsay Herzog | Sinai Health System
Dr. Alena W. T. Hung | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Rahul Jain | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Anu Joneja | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Jemy Joseph | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Rahul Joshi | Sinai Health System
Dr. Charles Joyce | Community Physician – Orangeville (Clerkship)
Dr. Benjamin Kaasa | University Health Network
Dr. Bradley Kaplansky | North York General Hospital
Dr. Amna Karabegovic | North York General Hospital
Dr. Adam Kaufman | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Reena Kilian | University Health Network
Dr. Stephanie Klein | North York General Hospital
Dr. Erin Kraftcheck | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Dr. Judith Lane | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Christine Lau | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Marcus Law | University Health Network
Dr. Linda Lee | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Pamela Lenkov | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Desmond Leung | North York General Hospital
Dr. Jo Jo Leung | University Health Network
Dr. Nancy Li | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Erick Ling | University Health Network
Dr. Stefano Lopiccolo | Women’s College Hospital (PGY3 Resident)
Dr. Lingli Ma | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Danielle Manis | North York General Hospital
Dr. Katie Marchington | University Health Network
Dr. Natasha Mirchandani | University Health Network
Dr. Matthew Myatt | Community Physician – Alliston (Integrated Communities Stream (ICS))
Dr. Jeffrey W. Myers | Sinai Health System
Dr. Jesse Myers | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Polina Myrox | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Scott Nguyen | Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital
Dr. James Owen | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Nikita Patel | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jordan Pelc | Sinai Health System
Dr. David Phillips | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Stephen Reid | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Rajini (Sivarajini) Retnasothie | Women’s College Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. David Rosenstein | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Esther Rosenthal | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Michel Saccone | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Modar Safar | Community Physician – Alliston (Integrated Communities Stream (ICS))
Dr. Manjot Sarao | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Solly Sax | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Adil Shamji | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Nikita Sheth | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Alexandra Silberberg | North York General Hospital (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. David Silver | North York General Hospital
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Ravinder Sohi | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Courtney Spelliscy | Humber River Hospital
Dr. Andrea Stern | Community Physician – Toronto (Family Medicine Longitudinal Experience (FMLE))
Dr. Rebecca Stoller | North York General Hospital
Dr. Laura Stratton | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Jennifer Sy | University Health Network
Dr. Megan Tan | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. Sandra Toutounji | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Meara Tubman-Broeren | Unity Health Toronto – St. Joseph’s Health Centre (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Akshay Verma | Sinai Health System (PGY2 Resident)
Dr. Rachel Walsh | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Jeff Weissberger | Markham Stouffville Hospital
Dr. David Wheler | Scarborough Health Network
Dr. Patricia Windrim | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital
Dr. Rachel Wortzman | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Melinda Wu | Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Catherine L. Yu | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital
Dr. Neshmi Zaman | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital

Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative in Family Medicine 2021

Dr. Peter Newman | North York General Hospital

OCFP Community Educator of the Year Award

Dr. Rajani Vairavanathan | Michael Garron Hospital

OCFP Early Years Award

Dr. Emilie Lam | Markham Stouffville Hospital

OCFP Family Medicine Resident of the Year – Ontario’s Rising Star Award

Dr. Kaitlin Siou | Sunnybrook Health Sciences

OCFP Leader for a Healthy Ontario Award 2022

Dr. Tara Kiran | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's

OCFP Regional Family Physician of the Year

Dr. James Pencharz | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital – Region 4
Dr. Warren Rubenstein | Mount Sinai Hospital – Region 5
Dr. Kimberly McIntosh | Office-Based Physician – Region 6

Ontario Institute for Medical Education Mentor of the Year Award

Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Women’s College Hospital

OntarioMD Luminary Award

Dr. Karim Vellani | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital

Ontario Medical Association’s Leadership and Service Award, Section on General and Family Practice